Turned 30. My super sweet Thing 1 made me a pinata for my birthday and we had a party.

What I’ve been reading/listening to/watching:

Hans Mattsson — Former LDS Area Authority Seventy (Sweden)– A former General Authority talks about his faith crisis and how the General Authorities above him handled it. I loved what his wife said. ‘When you have something that really bothers you, the best thing to do is to talk to your friends and family about it.’ He seems like such a nice guy who really wants to believe in the LDS Church and sincerely hope that there will be a revelation to help resolve the faith issues that so many members are having in relation to LDS Church history.

The Recycled Orchestra There are so many beautiful things about this video. I love it. For everyone who valued their high school musical experience, watch this. For everyone who likes to see creative and resourceful recycling, watch this. For everyone who has a place in their heart for the poor in South America, watch this. And anyone else who has 3 minutes to see something awesome, you should watch this too.

LDS Young Women’s Survey “These are the results so far of a totally anonymous survey about women’s experience in the LDS YW program. The aim of this survey is to assist leaders in understanding the experience of women in the LDS YW program.” Some of the responses (and the percentage of people who felt they were taught that) are really sad, but I think that everyone who went through YW should take the survey and represent their own experience.